A left-wing provincial government will mean labour peace with the unions, right? Don't be so sure. The B.C. Federation of Labour has thrown its wholesale support behind the NDP in the next election, the Globe and Mail reports, but that doesn't mean B.C. will be free of public sector strikes.

Site C dam protests

The Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan pipelines will share the limelight with the Site C Dam, a proposed third dam on B.C.'s Peace River that will enter an environmental assessment this year. It's expected to flood hundreds of hectares of land.

Return of the PST

Turfing HST was the easy part. Re-educating an economy about the previous tax system will be a challenge. The Provincial Sales Tax (PST) returns April 1, 2013, and we can expect many stories of confusion at reverting to a system that levied taxes on tangible goods, with a cavalcade of random exemptions.

Christy Clark's leadership

She's the articulate premier of a majority government in Canada's most beautiful province. So how does Christy Clark keep attractingnegativeattention? Will she lead her party to victory in the May provincial election?

The report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry means that police reform must be on the agenda this year. But don't hold your breath for a new police force this year. The provincial government has signed a 20-year agreement to keep the RCMP.